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This is the first “Under Review:” post (hopefully they get better over time) I’m going to be talking about contracts (I bet you can guess what inspired this post.) Here are a few thoughts I’ve had on them and maybe a few ideas that will spark some debate (or resonate with you.)

By now (if you wanted to or not) you have heard about Kovalchuk signing his insanely long 17 year 102 million dollar contract, which was denied today by the NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly:

“The contract has been rejected by the League as a circumvention [...]

The irony is this.  Marian Hossa got a 5 minute major for shoving Dan Hamhuis from behind into the boards.  The question is should he have gotten a game misconduct as well?  The answer is probably yes though some would disagree.  What became the cruelest stroke of happenstance is the simple fact that Hossa got [...]

I’ve decided to try to predict where I think the top players in the NHL Free Agent market will end up.* When the clock strikes midnight tonight, NHL Free Agency starts and unrestricted free agents from all 30 teams will be free to sign with whomever they would like.
So lets get right into it, using [...]